Too good to hang /
Hawkswood, Sarah,
Too good to hang / Sarah Hawkswood. - 285 pages ; 23 cm. - A Bradecote and Catchpoll mystery. .
"Pril, 1145. Thorgar the Ploughman is found by the bloodied body of Father Edmund, a village priest in Ripple, and is summarily hanged for being caught at the scene of the crime, despite his pleas of innocence. When his sister goes to Worcester to seek justice for Thorgar, the lord Sheriff sends Hugh Bradecote, with Serjeant Catchpoll and Underserjeant Walkelin, to discover the truth. They soon expose strong motives for placing the blame on the ploughman's shoulders, some unpleasant secrets festering among the villagers, and the whisper of a treasure long lost and now rediscovered. The noose casts a long shadow, but the Sherrif's men will need to plumb the darkness to uncover the true killer."--Publisher.
9780749029289 0749029285
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020997087 Uk
Great Britain--History--Stephen, 1135-1154--Fiction.
Worcestershire (England)--History--Fiction.
England--Worcestershire.
Great Britain.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Too good to hang / Sarah Hawkswood. - 285 pages ; 23 cm. - A Bradecote and Catchpoll mystery. .
"Pril, 1145. Thorgar the Ploughman is found by the bloodied body of Father Edmund, a village priest in Ripple, and is summarily hanged for being caught at the scene of the crime, despite his pleas of innocence. When his sister goes to Worcester to seek justice for Thorgar, the lord Sheriff sends Hugh Bradecote, with Serjeant Catchpoll and Underserjeant Walkelin, to discover the truth. They soon expose strong motives for placing the blame on the ploughman's shoulders, some unpleasant secrets festering among the villagers, and the whisper of a treasure long lost and now rediscovered. The noose casts a long shadow, but the Sherrif's men will need to plumb the darkness to uncover the true killer."--Publisher.
9780749029289 0749029285
GBC358124 bnb
020997087 Uk
Great Britain--History--Stephen, 1135-1154--Fiction.
Worcestershire (England)--History--Fiction.
England--Worcestershire.
Great Britain.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.